Montreal fans are continually pleading for Gainey to trade away their key players despite the fact that the habs are the 8th ranked team in the entire NHL and 4th in their conference. They are, apparently, impossible to please. Who goes? Who to keep? Can we get Marleau? Is there any way we can get the best players in the league for the players we don’t want?

This is one of the most upsetting news so far this season. Joe Nieuwendyk, one of the greatest players in NHL history, has decided to hang them up due to health reasons. The class act racked up 1126 points in 1257 games and won three Stanley Cups with the Calgary Flames, 1989, Dallas Stars, 1999, and the New Jersey Devils, 2003.

When the news that Hitch was going to be considered as the new coach of the Blue Jackets, I will admit I was one of those that thought it would spell disaster for the team of young talent because of his defensive oriented style.

I will now admit to my apparent folly and that it appears I was wrong.

Canucks hockey is becoming dramatic; some fans blaming General Manager Nonis. Who is to blame and what could have been done?

Am I the only one pulling the trigger? I think every general manager in the NHL should have an icon representing them. See, I have the gun ready to fire. Why can’t any other general manager have it? Nonetheless, you name a general manager and you can tell me what their icon/image/avatar/ whataveryoucallit they should have. Could be fun. But, more important is the question “why no trades?!”

Just when you though it couldn’t get any worse, along comes the injury bug.

Taylor Pyatt (2nd in scoring) is out 2-4 weeks with a shoulder injury; Rick Rypien is out 6-8 weeks with a groin injury; the injury prone Sami Salo is out for up to 10 days with a neck injury. With the Vancouver roster already lacking depth, the team that will be put on the ice for the next couple of weeks will be laughable.